awww...Devil Tesla...you remembered!posted by pahool at 6:22 PM on July 14, 2010

...and at exactly the same time, too.

...I think I'll close this one up now. Cortex, get me a scotch. Mathowie, this time you stand there and look pretty. Jessamyn, sutures and clamps. It's going to be a long night.posted by not_on_display at 6:22 PM on July 14, 2010 [5 favorites]

You know what I just realized? I've been reading MetaFilter at work longer than anyone above my level on the org chart has been employed there. That means if they tell me to stop, I can just say "Sorry, MetaFilter's been here longer than you, so it has seniority."posted by FishBike at 6:32 PM on July 14, 2010 [38 favorites]

This one time I put my cat in my scanner and at the same exact moment my house was struck with a wild and magical beam of lightning and my cat and my scanner fused into one magical creation, a scanner cat, if you will.

He stalks the night even know. You can here his bulb warming up if you hold your ear to the wind on a cold November day in certain parts of southeast Detroit.posted by kbanas at 6:59 PM on July 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

I forgive every one of you for all the mean things you've done to me over the years. Well, except for cortex who threatened to stand on my head and eat my cherry. That I can never forgive.posted by cjorgensen at 8:10 PM on July 14, 2010

Is this one of those things that I would need one of those six fingered cats to figure out?posted by Big_B at 8:13 PM on July 14, 2010

Since I've just joined today, I feel it appropriate to make my first comment here. Let us hope that the relative lack of content won't be indicative of my future activity.posted by Gin and Comics at 8:14 PM on July 14, 2010 [2 favorites]

And the mods can't even bother to show up. They're probably swimming in a hot tub full of five-dollar bills at a party with the cabal.

Metafilter rejected the Treaty of Westphalia, the consequences and ramification and repercussions of which, historians will likely hardcore tater for centuries.

Metafilter favorite, flagging and e-spousing capacity are infinite plus a really big number with a bunch of letters and multiple exponents.

Metafilter has more answers than ... god knows.

Metafilter produces ponies, not by helping uncle jack off a horse, rather it sings love songs at the code until they appear.

Metafilter snarks victory and the jaws of defeat. It snarks life and the jaws of death. It snarks enlightenment and the jaws of delusion. Got something that needs a proper snarking? Well ... go fuck a hamburger.

Metafilter doesn't need to intimidate other websites. They're too awestruck to be intimidated. Google's search bots bow before entering, then bean-plate their existence and bot-manity while here.

Metafilter can drain a 9-volt battery in seconds, so yes, Metafilter hit it.

It is the most interesting community weblog in the world.

Metafilter don't always drink beer, but when it does ... cheers Metafilter.posted by phoque at 8:18 PM on July 14, 2010 [9 favorites]

I think I should bake a cake for this occasion.posted by inmediasres at 8:29 PM on July 14, 2010

I think the OP is trolling. I just did a Google search and discovered that MetaFilter is actually a seventy-one year old woman named Mildred Katz. She has a Facebook page and everything.posted by Dr. Zira at 8:30 PM on July 14, 2010 [2 favorites]

I just went back into my comment history and discovered I've posted (as of this) exactly 600 comments on the blue since this time last year, and only posted 327 prior to that. This trend is going nowhere good fast...posted by l33tpolicywonk at 8:33 PM on July 14, 2010

So just tonight, I saw a billboard for Pittsburgh's Vintage Grand Prix: The very event that kept me from getting to the Pgh tenthennial meetup. Wow. Was that a year ago?posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:42 PM on July 14, 2010

This is a very thoughtful and conversationally written anecdote about something that happened to me years ago regarding my first memory of Metafilter. I'm using vivid imagery and adjectives bordering on poetic verbosity that will eventually end with a sudden comical twist that will move your mouse to the plus sign at the end of this paragraph. (I'm looking at you sonar).posted by bam at 8:44 PM on July 14, 2010

Man, I completely forgot (y)our birthday. I would have posted the link, too, if I had!

Happy Birthday, everybody, and Matt. Many happy returns, and best wishes.

Now blow out your damn candles.posted by yhbc at 8:45 PM on July 14, 2010

I clicked thru the old mefi's starting from Cat Scan until I found one that still had a valid working original link in the main fpp. The first one I found was Death Clock.

I put in MeFi's birthdate and good news, you're all going to live into the year 2089! You have over 2.5 billion seconds to live life to the hilt. Make every one count!posted by marsha56 at 8:54 PM on July 14, 2010 [2 favorites]

In dog years, MetaFilter would be, like, really old.posted by biddeford at 9:37 PM on July 14, 2010

Once a year we celebrate, with stupid hats and plastic plates,
The fact that you were able to make a trip around the sun.
And the whole gang gathers round, and gifts and laughter do abound.
And we let out a joyful sound and sing that stupid song.

H-Happy Birthday, you addictive blue websitely thing from another decade you.posted by Hardcore Poser at 9:38 PM on July 14, 2010

Happy Birthday, Metafilter!!!!!!!!!!!posted by scottymac at 11:42 PM on July 14, 2010

Sometimes I don't know if I remember Metafilter's birthday because it's my boyfriend's birthday too, or if I remember my boyfriend's birthday because it's Metafilter's birthday. Is that bad?

He gave me this account for Valentine's Day one year, so I think it's okay. Happy birthday!posted by ilana at 11:49 PM on July 14, 2010 [1 favorite]

My 2nd nephew was born today, even accounting for international time. For some reason, (like I never mentioned it because it's stupid) my brother and sister-in-law are resisting the idea of naming him Metafilter.

Eleven! We are eleven! I'm so proud of us, I'm going to have cake all day long!
(and yeah, thanks mods, techs and matts, you are all beautiful creatures for making this happen)posted by ouke at 1:16 AM on July 15, 2010

Hey, sexy! Sorry I'm late. Look at all these people! I made you some bacon for your birthday, but I got hungry on the way and ate it. It was delicious!

So, how's it going? Oh, hey, wait ... I hope you don't expect me to kiss you or anything like that. We're just friends, so back off, OK? ... Oh, come on, don't start crying. How much have you had to drink? Why do you have to do this now? Please, we're all here to have a good time, so let's not ruin it for everyone else. I knew you'd be like this. I probably shouldn't have come ...

Look, we're adults, right? I'm going to the kitchen to get a drink, and I suggest you keep your distance if you're going to get all clingy and emotional. Go have a good time with your cats and your scanners, and I'll make you some pancakes in the morning to put on the bunny's head, and some bacon to eat.

You're a mess, you know that? But somehow I keep coming back. So, before you pass out, listen ...

Happy birthday, and don't you forget it!posted by krinklyfig at 1:18 AM on July 15, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And thank you Matt and your marvelous mods.

For glorious moment, I thought this might actually be the year that I got in first with a celebratory ZIPPITY BOP!, but Ufez Jones done beat me. Sets alarm for very very early, July 15, 2012.

Also. It only just occurs to me. Since Matt's medical scare, has anyone checked to see whether cats are secretly running the medical profession? They finally got him inside a scanner in some kind of twisted act of revenge.posted by penguin pie at 1:23 AM on July 15, 2010

Also. It only just occurs to me. Since Matt's medical scare, has anyone checked to see whether cats are secretly running the medical profession? They finally got him inside a scanner in some kind of twisted act of revenge.

There was never "Matt." There were only cats.

I didn't want to have it come up like this ...posted by krinklyfig at 1:34 AM on July 15, 2010

Happy Birthday, Blue. I got you this comment, but if you don't like it, you can exchange it for something a little more quonsarrific.posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:01 AM on July 15, 2010 [1 favorite]

Happy b-day, MeFi! There's 50 free tokens for each of you and an extra large pizza waiting at the local Chuck E. Cheese. Enjoy! [slips out the back, takes off for the border in an orange El Camino]posted by maryh at 3:08 AM on July 15, 2010

I knew there was a reason I had cake for lunch.posted by kjs4 at 3:41 AM on July 15, 2010

I smoked my first cigarette at eleven. I felt a girl's breasts for the first time at eleven. Her dad caught us and I ran. I watched a porno on VHS for the first time when I was eleven. By the time I was eleven, I had decided I wanted to grow up to be a ninja. When I was eleven, I was really into NASA and dinosaurs. Yes, at eleven, I was the coolest I was ever going to be.

Here's hoping things work out better for you, Metafilter. Happy birthday!posted by effwerd at 6:59 AM on July 15, 2010 [3 favorites]

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